History Creator / WilliamCarlosWilliams

Williams worked hard at Penn and completed his medical program on time. However, while in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, he caught the literary bug and discovered poetry. Eventually, Williams had a successful literary career as a poet, having over twenty poetry collections, almost thirty books of prose though only one drama. For all that, he still maintained his medical practice as a pediatric and family physician, serving as Chief of Pediatrics at Passaic General Hospital for almost 40 years, from 1924 until his death.[[note]]St. Mary's General Hospital--the result of a merger between Passaic General and several others in the area--has a plaque dedicated to him saying "We walk the wards Williams walked."[[/note]]

In Williams’ later years, he took on the role of elder statesman, mentoring and influencing younger poet, especially having a significant influence on many American literary movements of the 1950s. One of William Carlos Williams’ most dynamic relationships as a mentor was with fellow poet Creator/AllenGinsberg.

A native of Rutherford, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, he was born to an unusual family; his father was an Englishman whose parents moved to the UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic when he was 5, while his mother was a [[UsefulNotes/PuertoRico Puerto Rican]] of primarily French ancestry. As a result, young William grew up speaking (Caribbean) Spanish, and was not fully comfortable in English until his teen years, and his life and art are (when you look closely) clearly heavily influenced by Caribbean culture. All that said, Williams was a bright spark, and was admitted to the [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] to pursue a medical degree.

A native of Rutherford, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, he was born to an unusual family; his father was an Englishman whose parents moved to the UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic when he was 5, while his mother was a [[UsefulNotes/PuertoRico Puerto Rican]] of primarily French ancestry. As a result, young William grew up speaking (Caribbean) Spanish, and was not fully comfortable in English until his teen years. All that said, Williams was a bright spark, and was admitted to the [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] to pursue a medical degree.

A native of Rutherford, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, he was born to an unusual family; his father was an Englishman whose parents moved to the UsefulNotes/DominicanRepublic when he was 5, while his mother was a [[UsefulNotes/PuertoRico PuertoRico Puerto Rican]] of primarily French ancestry. As a result, young William grew up speaking (Caribbean) Spanish, and was not fully comfortable in English until his teen years. All that said, Williams was a bright spark, and was admitted to the [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] to pursue a medical degree.

A [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] graduate with a medical degree, William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism, along with being a pediatrician and general practitioner.

Born in Rutherford, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, Williams had a successful literary career as a poet, having over twenty poetry collections, almost thirty books of prose though only one drama. For all that, he still maintained his medical practice as a pediatric and family physician, serving as Chief of Pediatrics at Passaic General Hospital for almost 40 years, from 1924 until his death.[[note]]St. Mary's General Hospital--the result of a merger between Passaic General and several others in the area--has a plaque dedicated to him saying "We walk the wards Williams walked."[[/note]]

Born in Rutherford, UsefulNotes/NewJersey, Williams had a successful literary career as a poet despite his primary occupation being a family doctor, having over twenty poetry collections, almost thirty books of prose though only one drama.

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A [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] graduate with a medical degree, William Carlos Williams was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism, along with being a pediatrician and general practitioner.

Born September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey, Williams had a successful literary career as a poet despite his primary occupation being a family doctor, having over twenty poetry collections, almost thirty books of proses though only one drama.

An [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] graduate with a medical degree, William Carlos Williams was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism, along with being a pediatrician and general practitioner.

An [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] graduate with a medical degree, '''''William Carlos Williams''''' was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism, along with being a pediatrician and general practitioner.

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An [[IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] graduate with a medical degree, '''''William Carlos Williams''''' was a poet closely associated with modernism and imagism, along with being a pediatrician and general practitioner.

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The United States National Book Award was reestablished in 1950 with awards by the book industry to authors of 1949 books in three categories where Williams won the first National Book Award for Poetry, recognizing both the third volume of ''Paterson'' and ''Selected Poems''. Williams was posthumously awarded the PulitzerPrize for ''Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems'', and the Gold Medal for ''Poetry of the National Institute of Arts and Letters'' and The Poetry Society of America continues to honor William Carlos Williams by presenting an annual award in his name for the best book of poetry published by a small, non-profit or university press. Last but not least, he was induced into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2009.

In Williams’ later years, he took on the role of elder statesman, mentoring and influencing younger poet, especially having a significant influence on many American literary movements of the 1950s. One of William Carlos Williams’ most dynamic relationships as a mentor was with fellow poet AllenGinsberg.

The United States National Book Award was reestablished in 1950 with awards by the book industry to authors of 1949 books in three categories where Williams won the first National Book Award for Poetry, recognizing both the third volume of ''Paterson'' and ''Selected Poems''. Williams was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ''Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems'', and the Gold Medal for ''Poetry of the National Institute of Arts and Letters'' and The Poetry Society of America continues to honor William Carlos Williams by presenting an annual award in his name for the best book of poetry published by a small, non-profit or university press. Last but not least, he was induced into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2009.